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WASHINGTON – On Monday, July 16, 2012, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B. Poneman will travel to Plymouth, Minn. to tour Daikin McQuay’s engineering and testing labs, where he will highlight the need to extend clean energy manufacturing tax credits and support the continued growth of clean energy industries in Minnesota and nationwide. He will also visit International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 343 Union in Rochester, Minn., to meet with workers and tour the union’s clean energy job training facility.

Daikin McQuay - the world’s largest producer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment – received $1.4 million in Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credits under the Recovery Act to expand its manufacturing operations in Fairbault, Minn., and engineering facilities and test labs in Plymouth, Minn. Daikin McQuay is also the first and only company thus far to meet the Energy Department’s Rooftop Unit Challenge, which challenged manufacturers to produce commercial air conditioning units that use 50 to 60 percent less energy than traditional rooftop cooling units.

In his Congressional To-Do List, President Obama called for the extension of clean energy tax credits like the one received by Daikin McQuay to help create new jobs for American workers and ensure the U.S. leads the world in manufacturing the clean energy technologies of the future. In addition, President Obama’s blue print for an American economy built to last, calls for investing in emerging technologies that create high-quality domestic manufacturing jobs and enhance the competitiveness of U.S. companies in today’s global markets.